Bottle-capper



R. B. GLIDDEN.

BOTTLE CAPPER.` APPLICATION man sm. 29. 1919.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

UNITED STATS' rari RAYMONB 1B. GLIDDEN, H VANEE, JLINGIS, S31-(ENGR TGDEAL MANUFACTUR- IiTGr COMPANY, OF KEF/"ANFE, ELLENOS, el PARNERSEBIPCOMOSED OF B. F. BAKER, W. D. GLIDDEN, AND R. B. GLDEEN.

BOTTLE-chienne.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application filed September 29, 1919.` Serial No. 327,340.

To all whom it may concern.' i

Be it known that I, RAYMOND B. GLID- nnN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at hewanee, in the countyof Henry and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements inBottle-Cappers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle-capping appliances such as are adapted toseal bottles with sheetinetal caps containing disks of cork or othersuitable material by bending or crimping the edges of the cap or closureOverthe end of the bottle. Its leading object is the provision of adevice of this type capable of eiiiciently performing such work, whichis simple in structure and economical to produce, at the same timebeingof such form and having its operative parts so associated orconnected together that the appliance is unlikely to be damaged orbroken in service.

ln order that those skilled in this art may become acquainted with thestructural characteristics of a desirable embodiment of the inventionand may have a full understanding of its functional capabilities, l haveillustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention in the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification and throughout the views ofwhich like reference characters refer to the same parts.

ln this drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view of the device attached to a wall, shown inassociation with a portion of a bottle;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus of Fig. 1 with a portion of thehandle broken away; and

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-8 of Fig. 1 with the bottle omitted.

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that the device comprises abracketmember 10 adapted to be fastened to a wall or other suitablesupport by means of screws 11, 11, extended through apertures 12, 12,of` the main body of such element which is adapted to rest flatwiseagainst the face of the wall as shown in Fig. 1. At its bottom end suchbracket is provided with an inte gral projection 13 equipped with a pairof curved arms 14, 14, the faces of which unitedly or conjointly form arecess or socket adapted to receive a portion of the neck of the bottle15, whereby the latter is adapted to be easily and quickly centeredbeneath the reciprocatory capper ready for the action of such element onthecap of the bottle.

This projection 13 is provided with a vertical hole 16 therethrough intowhich is tightly litted and firmly held the lower end of an upstandingcylindrical guiderod 17 on which slides an apertured vertical rih18 of ahollow reciprocating or sliding capper 19, which is shaped internally toperform the capping operation with facility and despatch. Upstandingfrom such capper there is an apertured lug 20 'the upper portion ofwhich is received in a cavity or socket 21 in the lower face of a leverhandle 22, the parts 2O and 22 having a hinge connection 'by reason of ahinge bolt 23 which entends horizontally through the perforation of thelug 20 and the alined apertures in the side-walls of the cavity 21. 3 t

`The upper end portion of the bracket '10 is provided with twoforwardly-extended ears 24, 24, apertured in register or alinenient forthe reception of a fulcrum-bolt 25 extending through an elongatedlongitudinally-disposed slot in the end portion of the handle leverwhich is positioned between the two supporting ears 24, 24.

The appliance illustrated and described operates substantially asfollows:

With the lever handle 22 elevated as shown in Fig. 1, with the capper 19in raised position and the fulcrum pin or bolt 25 in the inner portionof the slot of the lever, the bottle 15 and its cap are inserted inplace, being guided to and held in proper position or register with thereciprocatory capper by curved arms 14, 14. Thereupon, the capper ispressed downwardly by depression of the handle 22, the capper sliding ina straight line by reason of its association with the 'guide-post orstandard 17 and being pre vented from turning on such post because ofits connection with the handle and the pivotal connection of the latterwith the bracket ears 24. Such depression of the capper causes its innersurface to engage the cap and crimp its edge over the mouth of thebottle as is shown in Fig. 1. The cap ailiX- ing operation having beenthus completed, the capper is again raised by the lifting of the handleand the capped bottle removed so that the appliance is -again ready forthe reception of an yuncapped bottleas explained above.

It Will be understood that because of the loose ulcrlun connection ofthe lever 'or handle with the bracket the cappenqisgpermitted to have astraight line up and down movement as determined by its lslidingconnection with the fixed post or standard 17, the fulcrum connection`automatically `accommodating itself as is required to permit suchstraight-line motion ,ofthe capper.` Inasmuch asgthelever or vhandlekcannot turn or shift sidewise onv its ulcr-urmbolt and likedisplacement vot the capper relatively tothe handleis prevented, thecapper can- -tnotmturnaboutfthe guiderod and is com- Vpeflled to-slideina rectilinear path.

Theseskilled in ,this art will appreciate thatL the 4invention is-notnecessarily limited to the preciseand exact features fof t construe tionci4v this particular embodiment thereof anLdthat-many minor mechanical'changes may be incorporated in the ,structure wvithout departure fromthe substance and/essence of the invention and Withoutl the sacrifice ofany of its substantialV benefits and advantages.

j I claim:

'lqlna bottlecapping appliance .ofthe character describechthecombination .of a

.Supporting bracket adapted to "be fastened ,toga Wall'lnwing al.horizontal projection near ,nient,qan upright post secured to and up-,standing from said bottom projection, a sliding. capper having anapertured rib-receiving and guided in its reciprocation by saidpost andVan vupwardly-extended periorated lug, a handle lever having a slottedend portion, a `fulcrum-pin vaccommodated infthe apertures-of said upperears and eX- tending through the slot Vof "saidfhandle lever, saidhandle-having a cavity in its wbottoin aceyreceivingsaid capper lug, and

a Ahinge-pin extended f through apertures in the side-wallsfzo saidVhandle 'cavityand the perforation of`V saidcapper lug,substantially yasdescribed.

" 2.1111' abottle-capping Lappliance vof `the chaIaCterdeSCribed, thecombination of a supporting :bracket adapted to be-asten'ed to awalll.having a horizontal-projection near its lower end With bottlecentering means,

ani upright post `secured to and upstanding 'romsai'd projection, acapper khaving a sliding `connection Witli'sai'd postrand anoperatingeleverhaving a .sliding fulcruin connection With vsaid bracketand abingev connec tion With said capper, substantially as described. v

RAYMOND B. GLIDDEN.

